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§ Distinguish between primary and secondary storage.§ Discuss the important characteristics of secondary

storage, including media, capacity, storage devices, and access speed.

§ Describe hard disk platters, tracks, sectors, and headcrashes.

§ Compare internal and external hard drives.§ Discuss performance enhancements including

disk caching, RAID, file compression, andfile decompression.

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§ Define optical storage including compact, digital versatile, and high-definition discs.

§ Define solid-state storage, including solid-state drives, flash memory, and USB drives.

§ Define cloud storage and cloud storage services.

§ Discuss mass storage devices, enterprise storage systems, and storage area networks.

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§ Data storage has expanded from text and numeric files to include digital music files, photographic files, video files, and much more.

§ These new types of files require secondary storage devices with much greater capacity.

§ In this chapter, you learn aboutthe many types of secondarystorage devices including theircapabilities and limitations.

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§ Primary storage§ Volatile storage§ Temporary storage§ Random Access Memory

(RAM)

§ Secondary storage§ Nonvolatile storage§ Permanent storage

§ Secondary storage characteristics § Media§ Capacity§ Storage devices§ Access speed

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§ Provides permanent or nonvolatile storage

§ Data and programs can be retained after the computer has been shut off

§ Most desktop microcomputer systems have both hard and optical disk drives

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§ Use rigid, metallic platters that are stacked one on top of one another

§ Store and organize files using tracks, sectors, and cylinders

§ Large capacity (terabytes)§ Susceptible to head crash§ Two types of hard disks:

§ Internal Hard Disk§ External Hard Disks

§ Performance enhancements

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§ Occurs when read-write head makes contact with the hard disk’s surface or with particles on its surface

§ Disastrous

Return

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§ Located inside system unit and often designated as the C: drive

§ Used to store programs and data files§ Advantages over removable media

§ Capacity§ Access speed

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§ Removable hard disks § Used to complement internal hard disk with an

unlimited amount of additional storage

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§ Disk caching to improvehard disk performance

§ Redundant arrays of inexpensive disks (RAID)to expand storage andto improve access speed

§ File compression and decompression to increase capacity

Return

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§ Hold over 100 gigabytes (GB) of data§ Attributes

§ Lands§ Pits

§ Three types§ Compact Disc (CD)§ Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)§ Blu-Ray (Hi-Def) Disc

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§ Optical format§ Capacity of 650 MB to 1 GB§ Rotation speeds vary § Three basic types

§ Read only (CD-ROM)§ Write once (CD-R)§ Rewriteable (CD-RW)

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§ Like CDs, but newer format called digital versatile disc or digital video disc (DVD)

§ Capacity of 4.7 GB to 17 GB§ Three basic types

§ Read only(DVD-ROM)

§ Write once(DVD+R and DVD-R)

§ Rewriteable(DVD+RW, DVD-RW, and DVD-RAM) Return

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§ Next generation optical disc for recording high-definition (hi def) video

§ Capacity of 25 GB to 128 GB§ Blu-ray optical drives are usually capable of

reading standard DVDs and CDs in addition to Blu-ray discs

Return

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§ Solid–state drives (SSDs)§ No moving parts§ Faster and more durable

than hard disks§ SSD vs HDD

§ Flash memory cards§ Widely used in computers, cameras, and portable

devices such as mobile phones and GPS navigation systems

§ USB Drives (or Flash Drives)§ Connect to USB port§ Capacity of 1 GB to 256 GB

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§ Cloud computing is where the Internetacts as a “cloud” of servers§ Applications provided as a service rather than a

product § Supplied by servers

§ Google Apps§ Mint.com

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§ Using a cloud storage servicemakes it easy to upload andshare files withanyone.

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§ Large amounts of secondary storage called mass storage

§ An enterprise storage system strategy ensures efficient and safe use of data across an organizational network Devices include:§ File servers§ Networked attached storage (NAS)§ RAID systems§ Tape libraries§ Organizational cloud storage

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§ Architecture to link remote computer storage devices, such as enterprise storage systems, to computers such that the devices are available as locally attached drives

§ User’s computer provides file system, but SAN provides disk space

§ House data in remote locations and still allow efficient and secure access

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§ Software engineers analyze users’ needs and create application software

§ General employer requirements§ Bachelors degree in

computer science§ Extensive knowledge of

computers and technology§ Communication and analytical skills

§ Annual salary of $63,000 to $98,500

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§ Future secondary storage disks will eventually store terabytes (TB) or petabytes (PB)§ Your entire life captured in

digital video on a single disc§ Currently developing programs

that can scan photos and videosfor a particular person’s face